Handle for dust-pans



(No Model.)

' L. ANGEVINE.

HANDLE FOR DUST PANS.

.No. 402,292. PatentedApr. so, 1889.

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' UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEI/V IS ANGEVINE, OF S\VEDEN VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR DUST-PANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,292, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed November 27, 1888. Serial No. 291,989. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS ANGEVINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sweden Valley, in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handles for Dust-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved handle for dust-pans, the object being to provide a handle which can be readily applied to the dustpans now in use, and which will not be easily broken and destroyed.

The invention consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dust-pan provided with my improved handle. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on the line a: so of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the lower member of the handle.

In the said drawings, A designates a dustpan of the usual or any preferred construction.

My improved handle is composed of two members, B O, as clearly shown. The member B is a casting comprising a hollow socket or tube, D, having an opening, E, in its side near its free end, the stem F, depending from the smaller end of the tube or socket, and the fork G, projecting from the end of the said stem. The socket or tube D may receive the end of a wooden handle, if so desired; but

for all ordinary purposes it will suffice as the handle itself. The opening E is adapted to engage a hook or other suspending device in order to support the dust-pan when not in use. The stem F is adapted to bear against the rear side of the dust'pan, and the fork Gr projects under the bottom of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the fork are provided with perforations H, the purpose of which will be presently seen. At the junction of the stem and the socket or tubu lar handle D, I I orm on the upper side of the said tube an overhanging lip, I, under which the upper end of the member G of the handle engages.

The member 0 of the handle is a casting comprising a stem, J, and a fork, K, projecting from the end of the stem. The ends of the said fork are provided with perforations L, as shown, and the upper end of the stem is provided with a rearwardly-projecting pin or spur, M, the purpose of which will presently appear.

In practice the stem F and the fork G of the larger member of the handle are arranged in position against the rear side and bottom of the dust-pan, as shown, and the smaller member of'the handle is then placed in position with its stem resting against the rear portion of the dust-pan and its fork resting on the upper side of the same, the upper end of the stem being engaged under the lip I of the larger member of the handle. The smaller member of the handle being then pressed home, the pin or spur M will be driven through the rear portion of the dust-pan and caused to engage a small recess in the front side of the stem of the larger member of the handle. Rivets N N are then inserted through the openings L in the ends of the forks C and the openings H in the ends of the fork G, thereby passing through the bottom of the dust-pan and firmly securing the handle thereto.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have provided a cheap, simple, and efiicient handle, which can be quickly applied to any dust-pan, and which will not be liable to be bent or broken. The device is preferably constructed of cast metal, and as the handle is hollow it will have very little weight, so that it will not be inconvenient to use. dust-pan is worn out, it is only necessary to remove the rivets and disengage the mem bers of the handle in order to release the handle from the dust-pan, so that it may be applied to another pan.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A handle for dust-pans, comprising two members adapted to clamp the pan, the outer member having the overhanging lip I, and the upper end of the inner member engaging under said lip and held thereby, as set forth.

2. A handle for dust-pans, comprising the member B, having the tubular portion D, provided with a lip, I, a stem depending from the tubular portion, and a fork extending from the end of the stem, and a smaller member having the stem engaging under the lip When the I and adapted to bear against the stem of the member B, and a fork projecting from said. stem and adapted to bear upon the fork of the other member, as set forth.

3. The improved handle comprising the member B, having the tubular portion D, the stem F, and the fork G, and the overhanging Iip I at the angle of the stem and the tubular portion, and the member 0, having a stem adapted to engage under the lip I and provided with a spur or pin, M, and the fork extending from the said stem, the ends of the forks of the two members being provided with openings adapted to receive securing-rivets, as set forth. :5

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS ANGEVINE. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MENsoHEL, A. B. MANN. 

